RE: [CH] Boston and area?
Scott Ashkenaz (sashkenaz@attbi.com)
Thu, 4 Apr 2002 14:00:56 -0800
> Well, quite fortunately, you are moving to an area that is inhabited with
> one of the great chile-head chefs of our time, Chris Schlesinger (I have
> posted many times about his cookbooks and his food). He is in Cambridge,
MA
> and owns the East Coast Grill, Jake and Earl's Dixie Barbecue, and one
other
> place, whose name I can't remember (the Blue Room, or something). I have
> never eaten at his restaurants, but his cookbooks (John Willoughby is
> co-author) are exceptional, and I have read his menus, which also sound
> fantastic. Chris is originally from the same place as me, Tidewater, VA,
by
> the way.
ECG is indeed excellent. The last time I was there, however, Jake & Earl's
was gone (it had been absorbed into ECG cause they needed the space), and
Chris had sold the Blue Room to others. So, unless he's reopened either, as
far as I know, he only has the ECG. They always have something "from Hell"
on the menu, and once a year they do a Hell night.